This easy seafood crab quiche recipe is rich and creamy with plenty of chunks of mellow flavored crab meat, loads of Swiss cheese and a delicate flaky pastry crust.
Prep Time30 minutesmins
Cook Time35 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr5 minutesmins
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: seafood crab quiche
Servings: 6
Author: Laura Warnke
Ingredients
Crust
One9" deep dish single frozen pastry crust
Filling
8ouncesimitation crab meatflaked, rinsed, and drained
1-1/2cupsshredded Swiss cheese
1/4cupchopped green onion
4eggs
1-1/4cupswhole milk or light cream
1/2teaspoonsalt
1teaspoonground hot red cayenne pepperor to taste
2teaspoonsdried parsleycrushed fine
Instructions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
If using canned crab meat, rinse with water and drain the crab meat in a fine sieve colander. Use a fork or spoon to push out excess water. Flake the crab meat. This helps to remove any "fishy" flavors. If using fresh crab meat, you can skip this step.
Let the pastry crust slightly thaw for about 15 minutes before using.
Place one of the pastry crusts into a round 8" or 9" glass or aluminum pie dish. form to the bottom.
Beginning with the cheese, layer 1/2 of the Swiss cheese, 1/2 of the crab meat, and 1/2 of the green onions in the bottom of the unbaked pastry crust.
Repeat layering with remaining cheese, crab meat and green onions.
In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs together. Add milk, salt, hot red pepper and parsley and whisk until combined.
Place your pie dish on a stiff baking sheet to catch anything that runs over during baking.
Pour egg mixture into the pastry crust over all. Do not overfill. If there is any extra egg mixture that won't fit in to the crust, just discard it.
Carefully place your quiche with the baking sheet into your pre-heated oven and bake for 15 minutes.
Lower oven temperature to 300 degrees. Bake for 30-35 minutes more or until when you insert a knife, it comes out clean and the quiche is set.
Let sit for 10-15 minutes before cutting.
Cut carefully with a serrated steak knife by first cutting through the cheese crust and then with a second cut on the same line to cut through the pastry crust. Take your time with cutting this to ensure pieces come out well.